>>> GEORGIA’S REPUBLICAN SENATOR
DAVID PURDUE SAYS HE’S READY TO
VOTE ON DONALD TRUMP’S NOMINEE
FOR THE SUPREME COURT HAS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
THAT WAS NOT WHAT SENATOR PURDUE
SAID IN 2016.
AFTER JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
SUDDENLY DIED AND THAT HYPOCRISY
IS ON VIVID DISPLAY IN JON
OSSOFF’S NEW SENATE CAMPAIGN AD.
>> I HAVE CONSISTENTLY SAID THE
SENATE SHOULD NOT HOLD HEARINGS
OR SCHEDULE A VOTE.
THE SENATE SHOULD NOT HOLD
HEARINGS OR SCHEDULE A VOTE ON
ANY SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
ON ANY SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
NO SUPREME COURT NOMINEE SHOULD
BE CONSIDERED FOR THE SUPREME
COURT UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
CHOOSE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT THIS
NOVEMBER.
UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
CHOSEN WHO THEY WANT TO BE THEIR
NEXT PRESIDENT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A
VOICE IN THIS PROCESS.
THE RESPONSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION
HERE IS TO REFRAIN FROM
INITIATING THE NOMINATION
PROCESS IN THE MIDST OF A
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULDN’T
BE TAKEN UP IN LAME DUCK.
NO CONSIDERATION DURING THE LAME
DUCK.
YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
IT’S THE PRINCIPLE.
ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE.
IT IS ABOUT UPHOLDING THE
PRINCIPLE.
THIS WAS MY POSITION BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
THIS IS STILL MY POSITION TODAY.
>> JOINING US NOW, DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR SENATE IN GEORGIA,
JON OSSOFF.
JON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
DID YOU EXPECT THAT SENATOR
PERDUE WOULD SO EASILY FLIP-FLOP
ON THIS ISSUE?
>> GOOD EVENING, LAWRENCE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AND FRANKLY, YES, I DID.
SENATOR PERDUE IS NOT KNOWN FOR
HIS INTEGRITY.
REMEMBER THIS WAS THE GUY TOO
BUSY TRADING MEDICAL STOCKS AND
DUMPING HIS CASINO SHARES IN
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO BE
HONEST WITH HIS OWN CONSTITUENTS
ABOUT THE THREAT OF COVID-19.
SO HE’S NOW COMPLETELY REVERSED
HIMSELF AFTER THOSE ADAMANT
WORDS ON THE FLOOR OF THE U.S.
SENATE, THROWN HIS SO-CALLED
PRINCIPLES OUT THE WINDOW
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO RUSH
THROUGH A JUDGE WHO WILL
OVERTURN THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT, RIP HEALTH CARE AWAY FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY SICK, AND
OVERTURN ROE V. WADE.
>> YOU’RE RUNNING STRONG IN
GEORGIA, AND JOE BIDEN IS
RUNNING GEORGIA.
A "NEW YORK TIMES" POLL SHOWING
JOE BIDEN TIED WITH DONALD TRUMP
AT 45.
IS THE BIDEN MOMENTUM AND THE
POSSIBLE BIDEN TURNOUT HELPING
YOUR CAMPAIGN?
>> THERE IS MASSIVE MOMENTUM IN
GEORGIA RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN REMEMBER, LAWRENCE, THAT
JUST TWO YEARS AGO, STACEY
ABRAMS ONLY LOST STATEWIDE HERE
BY 1%.
GEORGIA IS BECOMING YOUNGER AND
MORE DIVERSE BY THE DAY.
VOTERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM ARE SHOCKED AND IN
HORROR AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT’S BOTCHED COVID-19
RESPONSE.
THE GOP IS NOW RUSHING FORWARD
WITH AN EFFORT TO TAKE HEALTH
CARE AWAY FROM PEOPLE AS WE
APPROACH THIS ELECTION, AND WE
HAVE ALL OF THE MOMENTUM.
BUT MITCH McCONNELL’S SUPER PAC,
LAWRENCE, HAS LITERALLY SPENT
MORE MONEY AGAINST ME THAN ANY
OTHER DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER IN
AMERICA.
THE STAKES HERE ARE HIGH, BUT
WE’VE GOT AN EDGE.
>> I WANT TO GUIDE THE AUDIENCE
ON HOW TO LOOK AT THESE POLLS.
THE ONE WE JUST PUT UP SHOWED
SENATOR PERDUE AT 47.
SHOWED YOU, JON OSSOFF, AT 45.
WHEN AN INCUMBENT POLLS BELOW
50, THAT INCUMBENT IS CONSIDERED
IN TROUBLE BECAUSE GENERALLY THE
REMAINING UNDECIDEDS BREAK FOR
THE CHALLENGER.
AND SO, JON, TO SEE YOU AT 45
AND THE SENATOR AT 47 IN WHAT IS
A TIE, THAT’S A VERY STRONG
POLLING POSITION FOR YOU NOW.
>> YEAH.
THESE POLLS ARE GOING TO BE NECK
AND NECK ALL THE WAY THROUGH
ELECTION DAY.
THIS IS JUST A VERY, VERY TIGHT
RACE, AND IT’S REALLY GOING TO
SCUM DOWN TO OUR ABILITY TO
INFORM VOTERS ABOUT HOW AND WHEN
THEY VOTE.
REMEMBER, GEORGIA IS THE FRONT
LINE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR VOTING
RIGHTS.
WE HAVE STACEY ABRAMS DOING
INCREDIBLE WORK HERE TO PROTECT
BALLOT ACCESS.
MY CAMPAIGN IS WORKING HARD.
WE’RE WORKING TO HONOR THE
LEGACY THAT CONGRESSMAN LEWIS
LEFT US WITH, STRUGGLING,
FIGHTING FOR VOTING RIGHTS HERE
IN GEORGIA.
AND IT’S GOING TO TAKE A
FULL-COURT PRESS TO ENSURE THAT
WE CAN PROTECT EVERYONE’S RIGHT
TO ACCESS THE BALLOT.
>> AND THERE’S A HUGE SURGE OF
WHAT ARE IN EFFECT NEW VOTERS IN
GEORGIA.
337,652 GEORGIANS WHO DID NOT
VOTE AT ALL IN 2016 HAVE ALREADY
REQUESTED MAIL-IN BALLOTS FOR
THIS ELECTION.
IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THOSE ARE
VOTERS WHO ARE HAPPY ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2016.
>> LAWRENCE, YOUNG VOTERS,
VOTERS FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES,
THE MOMENTUM HERE IS ELECTRIC.
I’M TELLING YOU, WE CAN FEEL IT
EVERY DAY.
TWO STATISTICS FOR FOLKS AT
HOME.
FIRST OF ALL, 1.2 MILLION
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS IN
GEORGIA THIS YEAR.
THAT’S DOUBLE TWO YEARS AGO AND
ALMOST QUADRUPLE THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL.
SECOND STATISTIC, STACEY ABRAMS
LOST THE GOVERNOR’S RACE IN 2018
JUST 55,000 VOTES.
WE’VE ADDED MORE THAN 750,000
NEW VOTERS TO THE ROLLS HERE
SINCE THEN.
THAT’S WHY MITCH McCONNELL IS
SPENDING $60 MILLION AGAINST ME,
AND I NEED HELP FROM FOLKS TO
ENSURE WE CAN GET OUT THE VOTE,